The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.

Friday, June 4, 2021

USS Oklahoma Unknowns: Earl M. Ellis and Shelby Treadway

**  "USS Oklahoma sailor from Arkansas  accounted for."  June 3, 2021,.

Navy Radioman 3rd Class Earl M. Ellis, 23, of Hope, Arkansas.  Was accounted for on December  22, 2020 by the DPAA.

He will be buried July 15, 2021, in Eureka, California.

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**  "He was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor.  It took 79 years for the Kentucky sailor to be laid to rest."

Navy Gunner's Mate  3rd Class Shelby Treadway.    From Manchester, age 25.

He was given a full military funeral June 2, 2021, at the National Memorial Cemetery  of the Pacific (the Punch Bowl).

He was identified September 2020.

--GreGen


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